Stillwater Complex Chromite Deposit

The Stillwater Complex Chromite Deposit is a mine located in Stillwater county, Montana at an elevation of 7,100 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Stillwater Complex Chromite Deposit
Secondary: Mouat Mine 0300950003
Secondary: Benbow Mine 0300950004
Secondary: Gish Mine 0300970001

Commodity

Tertiary: Chromium

Location

State: Montana
County: Stillwater
District: Stillwater

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Type: Patented

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): THE TOTAL RESOURCE REPRESENTS ALL IDENTIFIED RESOURCE AT THE MT.VIEW MOUAT,NYE BASIN,AND BENBOW. M1C2=M1C1-M1C3-M1C4 M1C2 REPRESENTS THE TOTAL IDENTIFIED RESOURCE AT THE MT.VIEW/MOUAT MINE. M1C3=M1C1-M1C2-M1C4 M1C3 REPRESENTS THE TOTAL IDENTIFIED RESOURCES AT THE BENBOW MINE. M1C4=M1C1-M1C2-M1C3 M1C4 REPRESENTS THE TOTAL IDENTIFIED RESOURCES IN THE NYE BASIN AREA. M2C1 REPRESENTS THE TOTAL IDENTIFIED RESOURCES AT THE GISH MINE. M9C4 REPRESENTS THE TOTAL IDENTIFIED RESOURCES FROM: BENBOW MEASURED- 1803000 22.4% BENBOW INFERRED-19154000 21.9% BENBOW EAST INF- 8059000 21.9% BENBOW TOTAL-29016000 21.9% NYE BASIN INFER- 5451000 22.2% NYE TOTAL 5451000 22.2% MT.VIEW/MOUAT- 5315000 22.6% MEA. MT.VIEW/MOUAT- 10785000 22.7% IND. MT.VIEW/MOUAT- 2352000 22.2% INF. TOTAL MVM 18452000 22.6% TOTAL IDENTIFIED 52919000 @ 22.2% M9C5 REPRESENTS THE TOTAL MEASURED RESOURCE PRESENT AT: BENBOW 1803000 22.4% CR2O3 MT.VIEW/MOUAT 5315000 22.6% CR2O3 TOTAL 7118000 22.5% CR2O3 M9C6 REPRESENTS THE TOTAL RESOURCE AT THE GISH MINE.

References

Reference (Deposit): METALLURGICAL ENGINEERS TECHNICAL PUBLICATION NO. 1751,

Reference (Deposit): P. 3-12.

Reference (Deposit): SWEETGRASS COUNTIES, MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Reference (Deposit): BULLETIN 725, P. 67-84.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1977,

Reference (Deposit): MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE NORTH ABSAROKA STUDY AREA, PARK

Reference (Deposit): PRICE, P. M., 1963, MINING METHODS & COSTS MOUAT MINE,

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN CHROME CO., STILLWATER COUNTY, MONTANA: U.S.

Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF MINES, IC 8204, 58 P.

Reference (Deposit): COUNITES, MONTANA: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND

Reference (Deposit): AND SWEETGRASS COUNTIES, MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Reference (Deposit): OPEN-FILE REPORT 77,700, 270 P.

Reference (Deposit): MCHUGH, E., 1994, MLA REPORT IN PREPARATION.

Reference (Deposit): ALLSMAN, P. T., AND NEWMAN, E. W., 1944, EXPLORATION ON THE

Reference (Deposit): STILLWATER CHROMITE DEPOSITS, STILLWATER AND SWEETGRASS

Reference (Deposit): WESTGATE, L. G., 1921, DEPOSITS OF CHROMITE IN STILLWATER AD

Principal Gold Districts of Montana

In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.